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Date published: 3:03 pm, May 10th, 2019 - 54 comments
Anne-Marie Brady submitted to yesterday’s Select Committee Inquiry into foreign interference in our elections, making copious reference to her “Magic Weapons” paper of 2017. She didn’t mention another paper which casts a much different light on her independence and purpose
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Date published: 7:39 am, May 10th, 2019 - 31 comments
Jami-Lee Ross has alleged that Simon Bridges pecuniary interest return is not correct because it failed to disclose an expensive dinner and a case of wine donated by Zhang Yikon.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 10th, 2019 - 147 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 9th, 2019 - 51 comments
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Date published: 1:11 pm, May 9th, 2019 - 47 comments
Chloe Swarbrick has responded Paula Bennett’s derisory comments about the proposed cannabis drug reform with a very elegant burn.
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Date published: 8:21 am, May 9th, 2019 - 102 comments
The Zero Carbon bill is already being attacked by farming groups who are clearly concerned at the implications for their industry. And National is already showing signs that it will play politics with the issue.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 9th, 2019 - 165 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 8th, 2019 - 25 comments
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Date published: 4:44 pm, May 8th, 2019 - 40 comments
The Government has announced that the Zero Carbon Bill will have as a goal carbon neutrality by 2050 and the halving of methane emissions by that time.
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Date published: 7:39 am, May 8th, 2019 - 121 comments
The Government parties have all decided to support draft drug reform legislation should the referendum to be held at the next election succeed. But National is refusing to say what it will do.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 8th, 2019 - 222 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 7th, 2019 - 37 comments
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Date published: 10:00 am, May 7th, 2019 - 104 comments
* and I don’t feel fine.
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Date published: 8:10 am, May 7th, 2019 - 57 comments
National Security Advisor John Bolton has announced that the US is sending an aircraft carrier and a bomber task force to the Middle East.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 7th, 2019 - 142 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 6th, 2019 - 19 comments
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Date published: 7:46 am, May 6th, 2019 - 72 comments
Green Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage has vetoed Oceania Gold’s attempt to buy a 180-hectare dairy farm to store mining tailings from its Waihi gold mines.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 6th, 2019 - 58 comments
For some reason, this story struck a nerve. An 80-year old had his 59-year career terminated by an impersonal e-mail from a faceless manager. Ironically, the manager on his public LinkedIn profile likes a post entitled “Treat a janitor with the same respect as the CEO”. Isn’t it sad that we now treat people as […]
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 6th, 2019 - 145 comments
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Date published: 10:20 am, May 5th, 2019 - 9 comments
Tony Abbott is facing electoral defeat from Zali Steggall, an independent candidate who has put combating climate change at the centre of her campaign.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 5th, 2019 - 83 comments
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 5th, 2019 - 113 comments
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 4th, 2019 - 152 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 3rd, 2019 - 55 comments
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Date published: 10:53 am, May 3rd, 2019 - 51 comments
Re-entry to the Pike River mine has been delayed so that a high oxygen reading from within the mine can be understood.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 3rd, 2019 - 197 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 2nd, 2019 - 35 comments
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Date published: 3:36 pm, May 2nd, 2019 - 64 comments
The Washington Post tracker of Trump whoppers suggests that he has told his 10,000th presidential lie.
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Date published: 7:28 am, May 2nd, 2019 - 70 comments
In an unprecedented move yesterday in Parliament Government MPs agreed to Simon Bridges having extra time to harangue them during the general debate.
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 2nd, 2019 - 130 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 1st, 2019 - 94 comments
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